Exodus 2:7
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אָחוֹת
ʼâchôwth
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
פַּרְעֹה
Parʻôh
Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings
בַּת
bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
יָנַק
yânaq
to suck; causatively, to give milk
עִבְרִי
ʻIbrîy
an Eberite (i.e. Hebrew) or descendant of Eber
יָנַק
yânaq
to suck; causatively, to give milk
יֶלֶד
yeled
something born, i.e. a lad or offspring
Key Terms in This Verse
אָחוֹת ʼâchôwth
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
Study H269 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →בַּת bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
Study H1323 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →Cross References
And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
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